The Paris Olympic Games feature 16 canoeing events under two primary disciplines: canoe slalom and canoe sprint. The kayak cross event also makes its debut at the Paris Games. Here's a guide on how ...

A 100m race (down and back) is two laps. Long course: A term used to describe a pool in which one length measures 50 meters. The Olympic Games are conducted at long-course venues. Negative split: A ...

The standard Olympic pool is 50 meters long, or approximately 164 feet - around the same width as a football field. It should be said that there is some leeway given for touch pads at the starting ...

From the Australian b-girl with the meme-worthy “kangaroo” dance move to the silver-medal winning Lithuanian in a durag, breaking’s Olympic debut had a few moments that raised questions from viewers ...

How Deep Is the Olympic Diving Pool? At the Olympics, you'll see divers compete in either springboard or platform diving. You ...

Since making her professional debut in 2006, Ross has earned three Olympic medals to her name, including her 2012 silver medal win with Jennifer Kessy, her bronze medal from the 2016 Rio Olympics ...

French diver Alexis Jandard slipped during the inauguration of an Olympic aquatics centre north of Paris, his awkward moment on the board caught on camera. Laughing off the incident later on ...

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after sustaining 80% burns on her body due to an attack by her partner. A spokesperson at the ...

Chiles, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee didn't learn of Romania's appeal until Aug. 9, less than 24 hours before the CAS hearing. CAS was asked to postpone the hearing ...

Leon Marchand qualified fastest for the final of the 100m individual medley at the short-course World Cup in Shanghai on Friday in his first swim since his Paris heroics. The 22-year-old Frenchman ...

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has not been banned from boxing nor stripped of her Olympic gold medal, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Boxing Organisation (WBO), and ...